Amnesty International Launches the When You Don’t Exist Campaign Carmen Dupont, Coordinator of Amnesty International’s campaign When you don´t exist says: “Fences and ditches won’t stop people from moving, they will only mean more people will die trying” Amnesty International’s ‘When you don’t exist’ campaign focuses on holding European governments to account for their […]
Month: November 2012
Rights organisations call on Israel to respect its legal obligations to refugees and to halt summary expulsions at the border Human Rights Watch (HRW), along with the Hotline for Migrant Workers and Physicians for Human Rights, has published a report urging Israel to abide by its obligations and halt its abusive practices towards asylum seekers. Since June 2012 the Israel Defense […]
The ‘Glasgow girls’ who campaigned for an end to child detention and dawn raids are being celebrated on stage at the Scottish National Theatre A new piece of musical theatre has opened this week at the Scottish National Theatre and will run until 17 November, followed by a run at the Theatre Royal Stratford East, in London from […]
UK temporarily loosens regulations for Syrians living in Britain to renew their visas The UK Border Agency, UKBA, has published new temporary changes to immigration rules for Syrian nationals, in order to allow them to more easily renew their visas or extend them so that they will not be forced to return to Syria while the civil war puts […]
Greece toughens its detention law for asylum seekers to a maximum of 18 months From now on, asylum seekers awaiting a decision on their application in Greece might be detained for up to 18months. The provisions governing the maximum length of time by-which asylum seekers’ detention can be extended has recently been changed. It used to be the case that, in accordance with article […]
